If you’ve turned on the news any time during the past year, it’s been hard to miss the wave of young social activism sweeping our nation. Teenagers like David Hogg and Emma González are becoming household names like Malala Yousafzai or the Little Rock Nine before them. More and more, teens are demanding their place Read More
Thin Spaces
Painted between 1510-1512 AD, is an Italian fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It was painted by a well-known artist named Michelangelo. Measuring 18 feet by 10 feet, it depicts the Biblical creation of Adam. At the center of this painting is the connected fingertips of Adam and God suggesting the connection between Read More
Talking to Teens About Suicide
It doesn’t take a lot of digging around to find alarming statistics regarding the rates of suicide in today’s youth. The Center for Disease Control and Prevent, claims that suicide was the second leading cause for death among 10-24 year olds in 2016. According to The Jason Foundation, each day in our nation, there are Read More
15 Awesome Summer Games
Summer is finally here! This time of year is often a challenge in the ministry world because of all the vacations and traveling. So how do you keep your students engaged? We’ve put together a list of exciting summer games your students will want to play again and again. Name Red Rover Q-tip War Duckie Read More
"Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand" (Mark 6:44).On Dec. 7, 1937, a heavy snowstorm blanketed the area of the Blue Star Highway in western Michigan and stranded dozens of motorists on the hig...
Called Estante, which is Spanish for bookshelf, this free digital library app works offline and allows isolated pastors and church leaders to easily store, view and share digital Christian resources anywhere in...
OpeningRacism is defined as "the poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race." Do you think you would enjoy being treated poorly or beaten up because of your race? Let's take a look at ho...
OpeningYour life is full of decisions: when to go to bed, what to eat, whom to befriend, what to wear...These are just a few of the decisions you make regularly. Some decisions are big, and some are s...
OpeningFormer college and pro football coach and current ESPN analyst Lou Holtz once said the following about revenge: "You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him." So many times, ...
The divine moral order established by God at creation has set morality and ethics in place. There is one moral code by which we we are to live. That code is spelled out in God's Word. It is displayed in the Ten...
OpeningIn 1 Timothy 6:12, the Bible talks about fighting the good fight of faith, and in 1 John 3:8, we are told that one of the reasons for the Son of God appearing was to destroy the devil's work. These image...
The retail chain Kitson is now selling T-shirts and sweatshirts with the names of well-known, and often-abused, drugs emblazoned on the back.The drugs name-checked by the clothing line include Adderall, Xanax a...
Teens who listen to their favorite music in the car typically drive worse, according to a new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel.For the study, researchers had 85 teen drivers t...
Think good news gets buried in an avalanche of bad? That's not so true anymore. Positive stories are being reported more often. Thanks to social media, upbeat stories are being read, forwarded, liked and tweete...